News: What the Fear

'Otis' visits DVD Shelves in June.

by Giaco, Fri., Mar. 7, 2008 2:33 PM PST
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Otis, a new dark comedy directed by Tony Krantz (producer of such shows as 24 and Felicity) premieres at SXSW this week and hits DVD shelves this summer, June 10th. The film stars Daniel Stern (C.H.U.D., Very Bad Things), Illena Douglas (Ghost World) and Kevin Pollak (Willow, The Usual Suspects). We?ve also got a look at the full-size DVD box art. The press release describes the movie as such:

?OTIS is a story of suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer?s rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson (Ashley Johnson), goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate (Daniel Stern and Illeana Douglas), are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent (Jere Burns) takes charge of the case.

But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis (Bostin Christopher), Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents. Fed up with the tragi-comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate and Riley?s brother, Reed (Jared Kusnitz), decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands. But when Otis? brother, Elmo (Kevin Pollak), shows up unexpectedly, the Lawsons find themselves mired in one of the more unusual and macabre consequences of vigilantism.

Far from proclaiming ?Mission Accomplished,? the backed-in-a-corner Lawsons will further complicate their already deadly predicament with a surprising, unfortunate and frankly hilarious final choice. ?

The DVD and Blu-ray will both come packed with features like commentary, discussions on the comedy of the film, and an extra short film. We?ll keep you up to date with all of the newest about this creep out comedy.